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Last summer, the Green Bay Packers flirted with the idea of going through the offseason program with four quarterbacks on the roster only to cut former Arena Football League signal-caller Nick Hill at the start of organized team activities.

This year, however, McCarthy says he’s content to proceed with four quarterbacks on the 90-man roster with Illinois State undrafted signee Matt Brown joining Rodgers and backups Graham Harrell and B.J. Coleman.

At 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, Brown is nearly identical to Coleman, a seventh-round selection in the 2012 NFL draft who spent all of last season on the practice squad as the third quarterback on the roster.

Coleman took most of the snaps in team drills visible to the media on Friday, but Brown brings a winning pedigree with him after being at the forefront of the Redbirds’ resurgence the past four years.

With Rodgers set to turn 30 this year, the extra arm wouldn't hurt as the Packers want be mindful of his workload going through the offseason program and into training camp.

“I’d definitely like to. Not that Aaron is getting old, but we do a lot of fundamental work in camp, so you see the stress on Aaron,” McCarthy said Sunday. “We want as much competition as you possibly can throughout the quarterback position. It’s the most important position, we feel, the way we train the quarterback here. We do a good job of that.”